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Race & TV: The Big Four

racismschool:

In the last few weeks, there has been a lot of talk about the lack of representation of PoC on Television. When deciding to see if it were true, it seemed the best place to start would be the major four networks. They are the most likely to try to please the most people. They need higher ratings than the cable channels so they would be the most likely to want to represent a diverse group.

The shows listed below air Monday-Sunday, 8pm-Whenever that station’s NEWS starts. Also, it is the list from the current week. Meaning, if there is a regular show that airs on one of these channels but is not airing this week, it will not be on the list. 

As there were many shows to look through and in order to keep this as unbiased as possible, the cast members looked at were the those shown in the “Cast” section of each show’s web page. If there is a character that you don’t see listed under your favorite show, please click on the link provided for that show and look in the cast section before you tell me that I’ve missed them. With that said, there were a lot of shows and faces to go through, if there was a person missed, that is represented on the show’s site, please let me know so that I may make corrections. 

This is how it breaks down:

• 68 shows.
• 152 PoC.
• 609 total main/major cast members.

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